{"product_id":"9780008235581","title":"Offshore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFEATURED ON BBC’S BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Fitzgerald’s Booker Prize-winning novel of loneliness and connecting is set among the houseboat community of the Thames, with an introduction from Alan Hollinghurst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Battersea Reach, a mixed bag of the temporarily lost and the patently eccentric live on houseboats, rising and falling with the tide of the Thames.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is good-natured Maurice, by occupation a male prostitute, by chance a receiver of stolen goods. And Richard, an ex-navy man whose boat, much like its owner, dominates the Reach. Then there is Nenna, an abandoned wife and mother of two young girls running wild on the muddy foreshore, whose domestic predicament, as it deepens, will draw this disparate community together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffshore, a literary masterpiece by Penelope Fitzgerald, is an award-winning fiction that humorously explores the lives of an urban houseboat community. Long-listed for several awards, this top-rated book beautifully intertwines elements of satire and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Rose Tremain (Absolutely and Forever), Colm Tóibín (Long Island), Sebastian Barry (The Temporary Gentleman), Marilynne Robinson (Gilead), and Iris Murdoch (Under The Net).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889213231253,"sku":"9780008235581","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008235581.jpg?v=1776888513","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008235581","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}